Hi Stephen - good to see you back!!

Can you explain what you mean by dieback? JM's routinely develop some dead stems and twigs, even very mature and healthy specimens, and I have never seen any explanation for this other than it being just the normal course of Japanese maple life :-)) I go through and prune them out each season after the tree leafs out when I fertilize them (for my containered maples). Larger inground trees I have had 'cleaned out' periodically when the canopy was thinned. It is always suggested to remove any dead wood, as it is a breeding ground for pests and diseases.

Other causes of dieback could be pathogenic, but that often involves entire branches and will generally look different from more "normal" dieback. Do you have photos of what you are referring to?

Hi Gardengal

Great to hear from again

Thanks for your advice oh the dieback comments

It is as you suggested at the start of your message more STEMS & TWIGS rather than severe dieback..

I would appreciate your views on the other and more important Comment I made earlier today with the following title

Help sought for Japanese Maples Dying.Why ? Climate;Disease ? Gardengal

Also have you any views on Cutting Globes for taking cuttings.Right or Wrong ????

Would a cutting Globe used to take a cutting from a Cultivar still produce a Cultivar from the Mother Tree ?

Don't see another post.......did you post on this forum?

I have no experience with cutting globes but they seem to be very popular. Rather than actual 'cuttings', they are just a way to facilitate air layering, which with JM's is likely to be a lot more successful than an actual cutting :-)) And since that is a method of asexual or clonal propagation, the resultant plant would be the exact same cultivar as the parent tree.

Hi Gardengal

Thanks once again for the message

I have uploaded the other post twice now and on both occasions it has disappeared.

If you click on my site you can hopefully access it through there through ACTIVITY ~ COMMENTS

Thank you